We certainly have a colourful version of the english language here, even though we don't see it used much as we used to given the overwhelming American influence. Words that are universal like "mate" "cobber", the unequivical "no worries" and "she'll be right" and not to mention the aversion to "yanks" and "poms".

How many of us use this on the JC, other than on Australia day? (remember PS's thread in JCC?) I occasionally use the word "mate", normally when I'm trying to get someone to quiet down so I can explain something to them (like an EU flamer ).

Anyone else? BTW, I've noticed how a lot of Americans object to "yank" even though we still call them such and will continue to do so.

I don't know about an entire day, but I wrote a post in the JC (then deleted it...it was completely illogical) that included the sentence "Look, mate, you've been shown to be deliberably stirring the pot here, just calm yourself down and actually read what people are saying to you"

Why do we want to force our lifestyle onto the seppos, only to have to explain everything to them... as far as theyre concerned, the world is still flat & nothing exists outside of the US borders..
Lets leave our dialect a mystery to them.

Why do we want to force our lifestyle onto the seppos, only to have to explain everything to them... as far as theyre concerned, the world is still flat & nothing exists outside of the US borders..
Lets leave our dialect a mystery to them.